At 03:05 AM 5/7/2009, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: >On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 19:38 -0600, Dave wrote: > > > Seems our sats are so low powered they require extraordinary measures to > > receive. > >What would you consider "extraordinary"? I'd consider shooting a signal >across a couple of hundred miles line-of-sight with 5W on VHF and a >3-element yagi to be not *that* extraordinary.
Or working AO-51 with a pair of HTs and rubber ducks (yes, I have done this!). Hardly extraordinary. :) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
